Display-fixture.



No. 807,857. PATBNTED DBG. 19, 1905."

. E. T. PALMBNBBRG.

DISPLAY FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY o, 1905.

Anm/frs NITED STATES rarnufr union.

DISPLAY-FIXTURE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application iled July 6,1905. Serial No. 268,369.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMIL T. PALMENBERG, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedDisplay-Fixture, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention relates to display-fixtures, such as shown and describedin the Letters Patent of the United States No. 7 73,97 3, granted to meNovember 1, 1904.

The object of the presentinvention is to provide a new and improveddisplay-fixture having a supporting member adapted to be convenientlymoved into a desired position for properlyT supporting the goods to bedisplayed.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and pointed outin the claim.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlargedsectional side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the movable ball-seat.

A holder A, of any approved construction for supporting the goods to bedisplayed, is screwed o'r otherwise secured to the outer end of an armB, provided at its inner end with a ball B', contained within a casing Cand resting or seated with its outer portion on a reduced portion orseat C, formed on the outer end of the said casing C. The inner portionof the ball B is seated on a seat D 1n the form of a ring and heldloosely or movably in the casing C, and the said seatD is pressed on bya spring E, preferably in the form of two dished disks abutting at theirmiddle, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2.

The spring E abuts or rests against a disk F, screwing on the interiorscrew-thread C2,

formed in the rear end of the casing C, and from the said disk F extendsa screw-rod G, screwing in a nut H, formed on a clamp H, adapted toengage a post or other support I, the latter being also engaged by thefree end of the screw-rod G to securely fasten the clamp H in positionon the post I; as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. l.

By the arrangement described the ball B is practically seated on twoseats, of which the seat C forms part of the casing C, while the seat Dis pressed on by the spring E, the tension'of which can be regulated byscrewing the disk F farther in or out, and hence more or less pressurecan be exerted by the spring E against the seat D, and consequently theball B.

By the arrangement described the arm B can be readily swung into anydesired position by the operator and when released remains firmly inthis position owing to the friction between the spring-pressed seat Dand the seat C' on the ball B'. The clamp H can be moved to any desiredposition along the support I and extended therefrom in any desireddirection and then fastened in place by the operator turning the casing'C and with which thedisk F and its screw-rod G, so that the lattersecurely fastens the clamp H in place on the support I.

The disk F is preferably provided with openings F for engagement by aSpanner-wrench to screw the disk F inward or outward for properlyregulating the tension of the spring E.

Vhen the clamp H is fastened in the desired position on the support I,then the arm Bean be swung into any desired direction up, down, orsidewise, so as to bring the arm in such position that the holder Aextends in the desired direction for displaying the goods to the bestadvantage, it being understood that after the arm B is in the desiredposition it remains therein by the action of the spring-pressed seat D,as previously explained.

It will be seen that by the arrangement described the clamp H can bereadily secured to the support I, whether the latter is in a verticalposition, as shown, or in a horizontal or inclined position, and theclamp H can be moved lengthwise on the support I to any desired place,turned on the support, and then fastened in position to extend thecasing C and with it the arm B in the desired direction. In addition tothis adjustment the arm B can be swung into any desired position for theholder A to display the goods to the best advantage; as previouslyexplained.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-f A display-fixture comprising a casing having one endreduced and the other end interiorly threaded, an arm having a ballwithin the said casing and seated with its outer portion on the saidreduced portion, a seat movable in the casing and on which the innerpor- IOO IIO

tion of the said ball is seated, a spring com- In testimony whereofIhave signed my name prising a pair of oppositely-arranged dished to thisspeeication in the presence of two subdisks pressing the said seat, adisk screwing on seribing witnesses.

the said threaded portion of the easing and V EMIL T. PALMENBERG. 5abutting against the said disk-spring, a clamp- Witnesses:

ing member, and a screw-rod on the said disk C. E. HoLsKE,

screwing in the said clamping member. l EVERARD B. MARSHALL.

